Having taught basic bike fit, in a bike maintenance course I used to teach, I still get asked questions about sore knees which relates to bike fit and gears. Thought I'd share my latest answer. You may not agree or have some other ideas, feel free to comment or send it on to others.

In my experience it's not unusual that people new to, or returning to cycling overcook it and get knee problems. We are especially going to see more of it with all… Continue

My mega garage saleI'll be moving in roughly 6 months so to get started on downsizing my garage I'm selling all my excess bike stuff. Could be a lot of handy stuff in there especially if you're building a bike.

I thought I'd offer this stuff to Sydney Cyclist members first. Anything left over I'll put on ebay, gumtree or take down to cycle-recycle in waterloo.

On Monday I needed to drop off a six-piece vintage tea service somewhere on the way to work. So I boxed it up carefully and strapped it onto the back of the Radish, and off I went.

It was a lovely morning, and I was cruising along. It's all become much more pleasurable since I fixed the gears. You may remember I have been having lots of problems with them. Well, I discovered the cause. The gears are fine;… Continue

As you all probably know, David Taylor was taking part with a group of riders going from Sydney to Brisbane to raise money for seriously ill children and their families.If you didn't know, check out the page here and his blog posts about the ride.

Well the good news is, despite rain, hail, sleet, blood, sweat and tears they made it to Brisbane…

Just a short (or not so short) report on my experience participating in the 2010 zoo2zoo charity ride. The zoo2zoo is, this year, raising money for the Black Dog Institute.

The ride started with almost 100 cyclists gathering at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, at 5am Friday morning. The ride is organised by a small group of volunteers and they are assisted during the ride by about a dozen support helpers driving support vehicles and assisting the riding group. The ride cost…

I guess in the end it was guilt which dragged me off the couch and onto my bike again. But I blame Mr O' for starting the slide in my fitness. It was he who had destroyed my motivation for training when he pulled the plug on the Awaba St Time Trial after his own…

I've just got back from 2 weeks away. Saw some great things, and was impressed with the facilities around. Here is a shot from a main street (I think). Can you guess the town?

Car parking is at 45 degrees. You wouldn't have to worry about riding in the door zone with this type of lane, but when a car is ready to leave a parking spot, look out! When leaving a 45 degree parking spot in a car, often you can't see up the street. You pull out slowly, but that might be a bit scary for a… Continue

Well today had a bit of everything, we traveled from Tamworth to Armidale starting out in cold wet conditions.We cruised along pretty nicely until we got to the Moonby Hill which for anyone that hasn't ridden up it is a lot like riding the bad way out of Woolongong towards Sydney.Suffice to say when we got to the top there were a few thankful looks including mine.During this whole climbing phase the other thing that was happening was the temperature, by the time we hit the top of… Continue

Today was a shocker, we started out from the hotel at 7am towards Tamworth straight into a headwind, all good until the rain. Wet cloths and saddle chafe aren't a great combo.Having said that the kms clicked by pretty quickly, there were a few stops for mechanical issues that our mechanic Paul (one of the owners of Cranks cycles) sorted out quickly, and a stop in Muswellbrook for afternoon tea courtesy of the council.After that things got a bit tough, the rain eased off but the wind… Continue

Well the first day is down, 180km riding from Sydney to just outside Cessnock. It was interesting riding in the bunch with a lot of new people, some with a lot of experience some with almost none, no accidents though there were some funny incidents involving new people and cleats :)Tomorrow is a much bigger day 270kms with a lot more hills, we are riding from here to Tamworth and I think we will have a few people riding in the bus before the day is over. It's been great to see people step… Continue

Well the day is almost upon me, tomorrow myself a 29 other riders will take to the roads of Sydney on our way north for some fun, adventure and hopefully raising a lot of money for a great charity. To date we have raised almost $120 000 and we are hoping to do even better by the end of the ride.The charity supports Randwick and Brisbane children;s hospitals providing much needed support for research into children's diseases and care including… Continue

Well, the tradition of wet long weekends continued last weekend, but that didn't stop me getting out for a bit of a spin on Sunday morning.

I met up with a mate, and we headed out west, towards Olympic Park. Now, I've ridden to Olympic Park lots of times, and know various routes to get there. However, on Monday we got lost. Probably too much yakking and not enough paying attention to…